My very good friend just lost her baby. She was 22 1/2 weeks, when she developed an infection in her uterus, which made her
go into labor. The doctor told her from the start that the baby was perfectly healthy, but would be too small to survive. He
told her the baby wouldn't even survive the delivery.- The baby did survive the delivery. Im unsure of her weight
because they didn't weigh her, but her expected weight was 1 1/2lbs. Immediately after the delivery, the baby was handed
to the mother and told she could be with the baby until she died. The baby died 2 hours later. My question is, isn't
there more that could have been done for the baby? She was breathing, had a beating heart, but obviously too small and weak
to do it all on her own. I know a lot of times with premature babies, they will place them in incubators or something. Why
wasn't this done for this child? Is there some obvious reason why this doctor didn't do more? Once again the baby
was healthy, just small. I have another friend who had a baby, and when the baby was born she weighed 1lb 6oz. The doctors
did everything they could to save her, so why not this time? Any suggestions, advice, or opinions would be greatly
appreciated. The mother, her family and I, are all grieving for the loss of this beautiful child, whom we feel was denied her
chance at life. We just want some answers, and the doctor involved doesn't seem to have any for us, except that she was
too small to survive.
